User:Hippe/EDIRA

EDI Registration Authorities

EDI Registration Authorities (EDIRA) is a project launched under the TEDIS programme of the EC and managed by EXPERCOM, a consultancy company owned by the Belgian PTT. EAN International participated in theis project together with AFNOR, BSI and SWIFT. The project developed the concepts around an EDI registration authority, i.e. an agency allocating identification numbers to EDI users, and drafted a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) amongst the organizations taking part in the project. The objective was to provide an infrastucture allowing cross sectorial EDI communications throughout Europe. The EAN location code has been recognized as a valid solution fulfilling the requirements for cross-sectorial and international communications. Other coding schemes were considered in this project which was completed in December 1993. EDIRA recommended to set an EDI Registration Steering Committee (ERSC) composed of representatives from the organizations having signed the MoU. The ERSC would enable existing and potential EDI Registration Authorities to coordinat their activities in order to allow the co-existince of different coding schemes. This coordination could become important in the context of Open EDI and for the setting up of Glogbal Electronic Directories of EDI users.

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